Publications

Several of the actions in the Navigating a Changing Climate Action Plan will result in the publication of bespoke technical guidance on climate change mitigation and adaptation for waterborne transport infrastructure.

PIANC Working Groups, for example, are currently preparing good practice guidance on carbon management, on climate change adaptation, and on resilience. The ESPO Green Guide has a chapter dedicated to energy consumption and climate change mitigation and new sections dealing with adaptation are planned. IAPH is working with the International Maritime Organization to provide guidance to ports on undertaking a port emissions status assessment.

In the meantime, however, a range of other publications exists on climate-related topics relevant to port and inland waterway infrastructure and operations. Some of these publications are listed below.

Publications prepared by third parties have not been endorsed by the Think Climate coalition; rather they are provided in the spirit of sharing potentially useful information.

IMO Train the Trainer Course on Energy Efficient Ship Operation Module 5 – Ship Port Interface for Energy Efficiency PDF can be found here. The aim of this module is to deal with ship-port interface and how ship in-port operation…

The purpose of this Tool Box is to provide ports, both members and non members of the IAPH, quick access to the tools needed to start the planning process for addressing port-related air quality and climate change issues. Toolbox PDF…

The Navigating a Changing Climate initiative has been conducting interviews with stakeholders of ports and waterborne infrastructure to discuss the challenges and solutions to climate change mitigation and adaption.

Port of Manzanillo: Climate Risk Management The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has partnered with API Manzanillo on a Technical Cooperation to promote sustainability practices at the port. Recognising the potential significance of climate change to ports, this Technical Cooperation includes…

“Sustainable Transport matters when it comes to improving people’s lives”. This together with: “The transport sector is taking important action to address the two key global policy processes of 2015: sustainable development and climate change” are major findings of the…

Boskalis magazine article: Interview on Building with Nature Maintaining a balance between care for the environment, economic development and societal needs is crucial and it requires an innovative approach to embed this philosophy in marine infrastructure projects. Stefan Aarninkhof, Boskalis…

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DECREASING AIR EMISSIONS IN PORTS Case Port of HaminaKotka This report is made as part of the Ecologically Friendly (EFP) project. The study addresses in port related emissions, focusing on emissions from land sources, such as vehicles and…

Functional resilience of port environs in a changing climate – Assets and operations Work Package 2 of Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate report series. Published by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility 2013

Report by National Climate Change Adaptation Reserach Facility, looking at "Climate change adaptation guidelines for ports". The report is part of a series on "Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate" Scott, H, McEvoy, D, Chhetri, P, Basic,…